Baseball

PSAC Baseball Athletes of the Week – 10

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selected this week’s baseball athletes of the week. In the East, Millersville's Thomas Caufield was awarded Athlete of the Week and West Chester's Julian Costa was named Pitcher of the Week. In the West, California's Santino Marra was selected Athlete of the Week and Gannon's Jacob Engel earned Pitcher of the Week.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selected this week’s baseball athletes of the week. In the East, Millersville's Thomas Caufield was awarded Athlete of the Week and West Chester's Julian Costa was named Pitcher of the Week. In the West, California's Santino Marra was selected Athlete of the Week and Gannon's Jacob Engel earned Pitcher of the Week. 
 
Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
 
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Thomas Caufield
Millersville
Shortstop
Senior
West Chester, Pa. / Henderson
 
Caufield led Millersville to a 4-0 week with a sweep of Shepherd by hitting .625 with a 1.563 slugging percentage. Caufield went 10-for-16 with 10 runs and 13 RBIs, totaling 25 bases with seven extra-base hits. Caufield recorded two doubles, two triples and three homers. He also drew five walks and was hit by a pitch for a .696 on base percentage. In the first game of the week at Wilmington, Caufield reached base three times with a hit and two walks, stole two bases, drove in two runs and scored twice. He then had three hits and a walk in each game of the weekend series and hit a home run in each game. Caufield drove in four runs in game one and five runs in game two. In that game two at home, Caufield tripled twice, homered and walked. His home run in game three came in the eighth inning and gave Millersville a three-run lead.
 
Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week
 
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Julian Costa
West Chester
Pitcher
Redshirt Freshman
Mantua, N.J. / Clearview
 
Costa was masterful on the mound for West Chester on Friday afternoon vs No. 14 East Stroudsburg, tossing a complete-game three hitter, which saw him strikeout seven and face just four batters over the minimum in a 6-0 victory for the Golden Rams. East Stroudsburg only had more than one base runner in the same inning once (second inning) and never advanced a runner to third. They were retired in order in six of the nine frames. This effort also marked the second time in three conference games that Costa went the distance on the mound to earn the victory for the Golden Rams as he also pitched a complete-game (seven innings) in game one of a doubleheader vs Bloomsburg earlier this month.
 
Western Division Athlete of the Week
 
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Santino Marra
California (Pa.)
Second Base
Sophomore
Uniontown, Pa. / Laurel Highlands
 
Marra hit a .483 clip with 12 RBIs from the leadoff spot last week, as the Vulcans played seven games against three different opponents from three different conferences. He finished the week by going a combined 14-for-29 with five runs scored and a .529 on-base percentage. Marra went a combined 6-for-10 with a three-run homer, eight RBIs, two runs scored and one hit by pitch on Tuesday in a doubleheader at Fairmont State. The following day, the Uniontown native finished 2-for-3 with one RBI, one run scored and one hit by pitch against Ohio Dominican. Marra collected four hits and one RBI on Friday in a twinbill at Mercyhurst before closing the weekend with two hits, two RBIs, two runs scored, two walks, and one steal against the Lakers in a home doubleheader on Sunday.
 
Western Division Pitcher of the Week
 
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Jacob Engel
Gannon
Pitcher
Freshman
Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep
 
Engel tossed his first career shutout and second straight complete game in 10-0 win over Clarion. He limited the Golden Eagles to just three singles, walking one, and striking out five. Engel went to a three-ball count on just one batter, the leadoff batter in the top of the seventh, and allowed just one runner to reach second base. Engel has now allowed just one earned run in his last 19 innings while improving to 3-0 and lowering his ERA to 2.87.